Cooking in your microwave oven
Be sure to read the MICRO MENUS” Cookbook packed with the microwave oven
It contains information about:
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What microwave energy is.
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How food is cooked by microwave energy.
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What affects cooking speed and cooking evenness.
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Safety tips.
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Utensils to use when cooking in a microwave oven.
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Cooking times for different foods.
Important things to remember to get the best cooking results.
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ALWAYS cook food for the minimum recommended cooking time. If necessary, add time
in one or two minute periods, then check for doneness to avoid overcooking the food.
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Stir, turn or rearrange the food being cooked about halfway through the cooking time
for most even doneness with all recipes.
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If a glass cover is not available, use waxpaper, paper towels or microwave approved I
plastic wrap. Turn back a corner to vent steam during cooking.
Cooking at high cook power
DO THIS...
THIS HAPPENS...
1. Put food in the oven and
close the door.
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2. Touch COOK.
The COOK Indicator Light will come on
and the Display will show four 0’s.
The Display will show the numbers you
touched in the order you touched
them. The example shows 1 minute, 30
seconds.
3. Touch Number Pads for the
cooking time you want.
4. Touch START.
The oven will automatically cook at
high Cook Power.
The COCK Indicator Light will stay on to
show that the oven is cooking in the
first cycle.
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